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    Peter Carey: Jack Maggs

    Yes, I've also read Oscar and Lucinda -- which I quite enjoyed but, like you, would not seriously recommend. I also read The Tax Inspector, which pretty much stopped me from returning to Carey until now! I've had a few distractions this week so haven't read much more. About 100 pages in...
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    Peter Carey: Jack Maggs

    Have just started reading Peter Carey's Jack Maggs -- a reimagining of Dickens's Great Expectations. Only 25 pages or so in but I'm already impressed. Yes, the novel's paternity is clear for all to see, but this is not a Dickens pastiche; it is its own novel (so far!) and, not exactly a huge...
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    How do you start?

    For me, it's very much about not overthinking it. Yes, I outline. Yes I have a pretty good idea of what I want to novel to be months before putting words down. But the actual process of writing the first draft is very much about just doing it. You can't afford to allow yourself to worry too much...
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    Clive Barker

    Imajica would probably be one of my (few) Barker favourites. Also quite enjoyed Galilee. Detested with a passion The Great and Secret Show, and Coldheart Canyon. Oh, and nearly forgot -- Cabal (filmed as Nightbreed) was damn fine!
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    Hello from the UK!

    Thanks for the welcome, Justin! Well, I'm a little wary of talking about my work here -- especially since it's only my second post on the forum! -- but, yes, my first novel was published in August of last year and my second novel is scheduled for August/September next year. I don't really...
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    Hello from the UK!

    Hello there, I'm a novelist from the north-east of England and I just want to state up front that I'm not here to promote my own work (although I am happy to talk about it and answer questions, if people feel the need to ask), but, rather to talk about the books I love and enjoy. I have...
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